Tag Archives: HBO

How is the TV Season Doing Now (March and April Edition)

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In three weeks’ time, the major networks will make their upfront presentations in New York City to the advertisers. This is a crucial time for viewers, who are waiting in anticipation for the final announcements of what shows will be returning this fall and which shows have been canceled (beyond the shows that have already received early renewals or have ... Read More »

VEEP Sneak Peek

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Veep is back on HBO this April staring Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Vice President Selina Meyer. Even though the second season doesn’t premier until April 14th we have a hilarious clip below. We’ll have more to share as we get closer to the premier date so keep checking back with us. Read More »

March TV Calendar

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The following list provides the dates of the new and returning cable dramas as well as mini-series and made-for-TV movies that will air during March: March 2 – A back-to-back marathon of all six episodes of the first season of Bomb Girls will air on Reelz Channel starting at 11 AM March 3 – The 10-hour five-part mini-series The Bible ... Read More »

How is the TV Season Doing Now (February Edition)

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What a difference a few months make, right? Just when NBC had finally made a positive move, reaching the top of the pyramid where the major networks are concerned in terms of ratings anyway, the situation took a turn for the worse around the holidays with their top new drama Revolution going on hiatus at the end of November and ... Read More »

Boardwalk Empire: Season 3 Ride in Style Promotion

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Boardwalk Empire is back for its third season on Sunday and to promote the upcoming season they partnered with Uber.com for a pretty cool promotion. HBO and Uber will be transporting New Yorkers to the Roaring 20’s by providing them with the opportunity to take free rides in a fleet of vintage vehicles around Manhattan. Using Uber’s unique on demand ... Read More »

TV Calendar for September

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The following list provides the fall shows that are returning for their new season, the new fall shows that will be debuting and the made-for-TV movies that will all during September: September 1 – Doctor Who will air its season premiere on BBC America at 9 PM September 2 – The Masterpiece Mystery PBS movie The Soul of Genius will ... Read More »

Introducing HBO’s THE NEWSROOM

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Tomorrow night HBO will introduce the new drama The Newsroom, which comes from Aaron Sorkin, the man behind the acclaimed series The West Wing and the box office film The Social Network. Earlier this week I had the opportunity to participate in an advanced screening of the extended-run pilot of The Newsroom; and given the fact I am neither an ... Read More »

NICE BOY OF THE WEEK: Marshall Allman

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I had the pleasure of catching up with Marshall Allman at the ATX Television Festival in the beginning of June. He did a hilarious Q&A after a screening of the Season 4 finale of True Blood. He talked candidly about his time working on True Blood and Justified. He was such a great storyteller, and so funny I was even a bigger ... Read More »

ATX: A Festival For Television Lovers

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This weekend (June 1-3rd) I will be in Austin, Texas with many other TV fans for the inaugural ATX Television Festival and I am so excited! The ATX Festival is the first festival dedicated to all things television. TV fans and industry professionals will be coming together this weekend to celebrate Television shows past, current and future.   The event ... Read More »

Summer Lovin’ – What’s on TV This Summer (Part 1)

While summer doesn’t technically begin until June 20, the summer TV season will actually start in full force next week, bringing TV viewers plenty of programming to enjoy. Where once summer was a wasteland of repeats and burn-off episodes of TV shows that the networks just didn’t deem “good enough” for airing during the fall TV season, networks now provide ... Read More »